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When first contested in 1901, the Saratoga Special was a winner-take-all event for 2-year-olds for which owners could nominate their horses in sets of three for a single fee. However, each owner could only run one horse in the race – in other words, no entries were allowed. The conditions remained in place until 1959, when the Saratoga Special became a regular stakes race with individual nominations and entries. From 1901-05, it was run at 5 ½ furlongs and from 1906-1993 at six furlongs. In 1994, the distance was changed to 6 ½ furlongs.
$200,000.00 6 1/2 Furlongs (Dirt) Grade:II
| Year | Horse | Age | Weight | Time | Owner | Trainer | Jockey | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rhyme Schemes | 2 | 120 | 1:17.12 | Pura Vida Investments LLC | Norm W. Casse | Ricardo Santana, Jr. | $110,000 |
| 2022 | Damon's Mound | 2 | 120 | 1:17.94 | Love, Cliff and Love, Michele | Michelle Lovell | Gabriel Saez | $110,000 |
| 2021 | High Oak | 2 | 120 | 1:16.53 | LRE Racing LLC & JEH Racing Stable LLC | William I. Mott | Junior Alvarado | $110,000 |
| 2020 | Jackie's Warrior | 2 | 120 | 1:09.62 | J. Kirk Robison | Steven M. Asmussen | Joel Rosario | $82,500 |
| 2019 | Green Light Go | 2 | 120 | 1:15.68 | Stronach Stables | James A. Jerkens | Junior Alvarado | $110,000 |
| 2018 | Call Paul | 2 | 118 | 1:16.55 | Dubb, Simon, Bethlehem Stables LLC, Irom | Jason Servis | Irad Ortiz Jr. | $110,000 |
| 2017 | Copper Bullet | 2/C | 118 | 1:16.45 | Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC and Willis Horton Racing LLC | Steven M. Asmussen | Irad Ortiz, Jr. | $120,000 |
| 2016 | Gunnevera | - | 118 | 1:17.00 | Peacock Racing Stables, LLC | Antonio Sano | Javier Castellano | $120,000 |
| 2015 | Exaggerator | - | 118 | 1:16.39 | Big Chief Racing, LLC | J. Keith Desormeaux | Junior Alvarado | $120,000 |
| 2014 | I Spent It | - | 118 | 1:16.79 | Lieblong, Alex and JoAnn | Anthony W. Dutrow | Javier Castellano | $220,000 |
| 2013 | Corfu | - | 118 | 1:15.57 | Tabor, Michael, Magnier, John and Smith, Derrick | Todd A. Pletcher | John R. Velazquez | $120,000 |
| 2012 | Spurious Precision | - | 118 | 1:16.53 | Klaravich Stables, Inc. and Lawrence, William H. | Richard A. Violette, Jr. | Alan Garcia | $120,000 |
| 2011 | Union Rags | - | 118 | 1:18.33 | Chadds Ford Stable | Michael R. Matz | Javier Castellano | $290,000 |
| 2010 | Kantharos | - | 122 | 1:18.63 | Stonestreet Stables LLC | Steven M. Asmussen | Garrett K. Gomez | $90,000 |
| 2009 | D' Funnybone | - | 118 | 1:17.58 | Paul P. Pompa, Jr. | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. | Edgar S. Prado | $90,000 |
| 2008 | Run Away and Hide | - | 122 | 1:15.67 | Kirk, Bates, Riordan | Ronny W. Werner | Robby Albarado | $90,000 |
| 2007 | Kodiak Kowboy | - | 122 | 1:15.95 | Vinery Stables, Fox Hill Farm | Steven Asmussen | Shaun Bridgmohan | $90,000 |
| 2006 | Chace City | - | 122 | 1:16.83 | Gold Square | Scott Blasi | Edgar Prado | $120,000 |
| 2005 | Henny Hughes | - | 121 | 1:10.4 | Darley Stable | Patrick L. Biancone | Gary Stevens | $90,000 |
| 2003 | Cuvee | - | 122 | 1:15 4/5 | Ron Winchell | Steven Asmussen | Jerry Bailey | $90,000 |
| 2002 | Zavata | - | 122 | 1:17 3/5 | Michael B. Tabor | Patrick Biancone | Jerry Bailey | $90,000 |
| 2001 | Jump Start | - | 115 | 1:17 1/5 | Overbrook Farm | D. Wayne Lukas | Pat Day | $90,000 |
| 2000 | City Zip | - | 122 | 1:16 4/5 | Bowling & Thompson | Linda Rice | Jose Santos | $90,000 |
| 1999 | Bevo | - | 117 | 1:17 3/5 | Peter Callahan | William Badgett Jr. | Edgar Prado | $90,000 |
| 1998 | Prime Directive | - | 114 | 1:17 | Noreen Carpenito | Cynthia G. Reese | Jorge Chavez | $90,000 |
| 1997 | Favorite Trick | - | 122 | 1:17 | Joseph LaCombe | Patrick Byrne | Pat Day | $90,000 |
| 1996 | All Chatter | - | 113 | 1:16 1/5 | Brodsky-Goslow-Shelley | Stanley Hough | Jorge Chavez | $84,375 |
| 1995 | Bright Launch | - | 112 | 1:17 4/5 | James Spence | D. Wayne Lukas | Jose Santos | $66,540 |
| 1994 | Montreal Red | - | 122 | 1:17 4/5 | Vendome Stables | Flint S. Schulhofer | Jose Santos | $64,800 |
| 1993 | Dehere | - | 117 | 1:09 4/5 | Due Process Stable | Reynaldo H. Nobles | Eddie Maple | $71,760 |
| 1992 | Tactical Advantage | - | 117 | 1:10 2/5 | Philip Teinowitz | Flint S. Schulhofer | Julie Krone | $72,600 |
| 1991 | Caller I. D. | - | 117 | 1:09 2/5 | Triumviri Stable | Stanley M. Hough | Jerry Bailey | $71,040 |
| 1990 | To Freedom | - | 124 | 1:11 2/5 | Herman Heinlein | John Tammaro | Angel Cordero Jr. | $52,740 |
| 1989 | Summer Squall | - | 124 | 1:09 4/5 | Dogwood Stable | Neil Howard | Pat Day | $53,370 |
| 1988 | Trapp Mountain | - | 117 | 1:10 4/5 | Loblolly Stable | G. R. Arnold II | Jerry Bailey | $52,740 |
| 1987 | Crusader Sword | - | 117 | 1:10 1/5 | Rokeby Stable | MacK. Miler | Robbie Davis | $66,420 |
| 1986 | Gulch | - | 122 | 1:10 | Peter M. Brant | Leroy Jolley | Angel Cordero Jr. | $54,990 |
| 1985 | Sovereign Don | - | 122 | 1:11 2/5 | Eugene V. Klein | D. Wayne Lukas | Jorge Velasquez | $43,200 |
| 1984 | Chief's Crown | - | 117 | 1:10 1/5 | Andrew Rosen | Roger Laurin | Don MacBeth | $42,060 |
| 1983 | Swale | - | 117 | 1:12 3/5 | Claiborne Farm | Woody Stephens | Eddie Maple | $33,720 |
| 1982 | Victorious | - | 122 | 1:10 3/5 | Herbert Allen | Eugene Jacobs | Angel Cordero Jr. | $33,960 |
| 1981 | Conquistador Ciel | - | 117 | 1:10 3/5 | Henryk deKwiatkowski | Woody Stephens | Eddie Maple | $33,900 |
| 1980 | Well Decorated | - | 117 | 1:10 1/5 | Herbert Allen | Eugene Jacobs | Michael Venezia | $34,320 |
| 1979 | J. P. Brother | - | 122 | 1:12 | Diamond Peg Stable | John P. Campo | Eddie Maple | $25,365 |
| 1978 | General Assembly | - | 117 | 1:09 | Bertram R. Firestone | Leroy Jolley | Darrel McHargue | $22,350 |
| 1977 | Darby Creek Road | - | 117 | 1:10 | James Phillips | Thomas L. Rondinello | Angel Cordero Jr. | $22,470 |
| 1976 | Banquet Table | - | 122 | 1:11 3/5 | C. V. Whitney | George T. Poole Jr. | Jacinto Vasquez | $22,455 |
| 1975 | Bold Forbes | - | 120 | 1:09 4/5 | E. Rodriquez Tizol | Lazaro S. Barrera | Jorge Velasquez | $22,680 |
| 1974 | Our Talisman | - | 117 | 1:10 2/5 | Oak Crest Stable | Edward Yowell | Michael Venezia | $17,430 |
| 1973 | Az Igazi | - | 117 | 1:11 | Joseph R. Straus | Homer C. Pardue | Michael Venezia | $17,025 |
| 1972 | Stop The Music | - | 117 | 1:11 1/5 | Greentree Stable | John M. Gaver | Jacinto Vasquez | $17,145 |
| 1971 | Tarboosh | - | 120 | 1:10 2/5 | Calumet Farm | Reggie Cornell | Eddie Maple | $20,640 |
| 1970 | Three Martinis | - | 120 | 1:10 4/5 | Edward Sawyer | Roger Laurin | Angel Cordero Jr. | $22,945 |
| 1969 | Pontifex | - | 120 | 1:11 3/5 | George D. Widener | Sylvester E. Veitch | Pete Anderson | $20,702 |
| 1968 | Reviewer | - | 122 | 1:10 2/5 | Ogden Phipps | Edward A. Neloy | Braulio Baeza | $23,010 |
| 1967 | Vitriolic | - | 114 | 1:10 2/5 | Ogden Phipps | Edward A. Neloy | Braulio Baeza | $22,977 |
| 1966 | Favorable Turn | - | 116 | 1:10 3/5 | Herbert Allen | Eugene Jacobs | Robert Ussery | $21,547 |
| 1965 | Impressive | - | 114 | 1:10 1/5 | Ogden Phipps | Edward A. Neloy | Braulio Baeza | $22,945 |
| 1964 | Sadair | - | 120 | 1:10 3/5 | Mary B. Hecht | L. Lear | M. Ycaza | $20,995 |
| 1963 | Duel | - | 114 | 1:10 4/5 | Claiborne Farm | M. Jolley | B. Baeza | $21,418 |
| 1962 | Mr. Cold Storage | - | 114 | 1:12 3/5 | Winding Way Farm | S. Jacobs | J. Sellers | $25,838 |
| 1961 | Battle Joined | - | 114 | 1:10 | Cain Hoy Stable | W. C. Stephens | M. Ycaza | $24,813 |
| 1960 | Bronzerullah | - | 116 | 1:11 3/5 | Frank A. Sherman | L. Laurin | R. York | $22,822 |
| 1959 | Irish Lancer | - | 122 | 1:12 | Pebblebrook Farm | N. McLeod | E. Arcaro | $38,725 |
| 1958 | First Landing | - | 122 | 1:12 4/5 | C. T. Chenery | J. H. Hayes | E. Arcaro | $13,800 |
| 1957 | Grey Monarch | - | 122 | 1:13 3/5 | E. P. Taylor | H. Luro | J. Nichols | $13,800 |
| 1956 | Nearctic | - | 122 | 1:13 | E. P. Taylor | G. McCann | G. Walker | $13,800 |
| 1955 | Polly's Jet | - | 122 | 1:11 2/5 | Barclay Stable | R. Downes | E. Arcaro | $15,250 |
| 1954 | Royal Coinage | - | 122 | 1:12 1/5 | Clearwater Stable | - | E. Arcaro | $15,000 |
| 1953 | Turn-to | - | 122 | 1:12 4/5 | Cain Hoy Stable | - | H. Moreno | $17,250 |
| 1952 | Native Dancer | - | 122 | 1:13 1/5 | A. G. Vanderbilt | - | E. Guerin | $17,500 |
| 1951 | Cousin | - | 122 | 1:12 | A. G. Vanderbilt | - | E. Guerin | $13,000 |
| 1950 | Battlefield | - | 122 | 1:11 1/5 | George D. Widener | - | E. Arcaro | $11,500 |
| 1949 | More Sun | - | 122 | 1:13 4/5 | Brookmeade Stable | - | G. Glisson | $12,750 |
| 1948 | Blue Peter | - | 122 | 1:13 | Joseph M. Roebling | - | E. Guerin | $10,500 |
| 1947 | Better Self | - | 122 | 1:12 4/5 | King Ranch | - | E. Arcaro | $14,250 |
| 1946 | Grand Admiral | - | 122 | 1:13 2/5 | Brookmeade Stable | - | J. D. Jessop | $6,500 |
| 1945 | Mist o'Gold | - | 122 | 1:10 3/5 | Vera S. Bragg | - | W. D. Wright | $6,435 |
| 1944 | Pavot | - | 122 | 1:09 3/5 | Walter M. Jeffords | - | G. Woolf | $4,945 |
| 1943 | Cocopet | - | 119 | 1:10 3/5 | Lazy F Ranch | - | C. McCreary | $5,500 |
| 1942 | Halberd | - | 122 | 1:13 | Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords | - | G. Woolf | $8,000 |
| 1941 | Amphitheatre | - | 122 | 1:11 3/5 | Manhasset Stable | - | A. Robertson | $11,250 |
| 1940 | Whirlaway | - | 122 | 1:11 1/5 | Calumet Farm | - | J. Longden | $9,750 |
| 1939 | Bimelech | - | 122 | 1:10 4/5 | E. R. Bradley | - | F. A. Smith | $9,000 |
| 1938 | El Chico | - | 122 | 1:10 2/5 | William Ziegler Jr. | - | N. Wall | $8,000 |
| 1937 | Pumpkin | - | 122 | 1:12 3/5 | John Hay Whitney | - | J. Gilbert | $8,000 |
| 1936 | Forty Winks | - | 122 | 1:13 4/5 | Greentree Stable | - | R. Workman | $7,000 |
| 1935 | Coldstream | - | 122 | 1:13 | Coldstream Stud | - | E. Arcaro | $3,500 |
| 1934 | Boxthorn | - | 122 | 1:13 | E. R. Bradley | - | D. Meade | $6,750 |
| 1933 | Wise Daughter | - | 119 | 1:12 3/5 | F. A. Burton | - | L. Gilbert | $8,500 |
| 1932 | Happy Gal | - | 119 | 1:13 | Belair Stud | - | T. Malley | $9,250 |
| 1931 | Top Flight | - | 119 | 1:12 | C. V. Whitney | - | R. Workman | $11,000 |
| 1930 | Jamestown | - | 122 | 1:11 2/5 | George D. Widener | - | L. McAtee | $14,050 |
| 1929 | Whichone | - | 122 | 1:13 4/5 | H. P. Whitney | - | L. McAtee | $16,500 |
| 1928 | Blue Larkspur | - | 122 | 1:13 3/5 | Idle Hour Farm Stable | - | A. Pascuma | $16,750 |
| 1927 | Ariel | - | 122 | 1:12 3/5 | Rancocas Stable | - | L. Fator | $18,000 |
| 1926 | Chance Shot | - | 122 | 1:13 | J. E. Widener | - | E. Sande | $15,750 |
| 1925 | Haste | - | 122 | 1:12 2/5 | J. E. Widener | - | E. Sande | $12,000 |
| 1924 | Sunny Man | - | 122 | 1:12 2/5 | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | - | L. Fator | $13,000 |
| 1923 | St. James | - | 122 | 1:11 3/5 | George D. Widener | - | E. Sande | $12,750 |
| 1922 | Goshawk | - | 122 | 1:12 1/5 | H. P. Whitney | - | L. McAtee | $12,750 |
| 1921 | Morvich | - | 122 | 1:12 1/5 | Benjamin Block | - | F. Keogh | $10,500 |
| 1920 | Tryster | - | 122 | 1:12 3/5 | H. P. Whitney | - | J. Rodriguez | $9,500 |
| 1919 | Golden Broom | - | 122 | 1:12 4/5 | Mrs. Walter M. Jeffords | - | E. Ambrose | $8,500 |
| 1918 | Hannibal | - | 122 | 1:16 1/5 | R. T. Wilson Jr. | - | L. Ensor | $11,000 |
| 1917 | Sun Briar | - | 122 | 1:15 | Willis Sharpe Kilmer | - | W. Knapp | $11,750 |
| 1916 | Campfire | - | 122 | 1:13 1/5 | R. T. Wilson Jr. | - | J. McTaggart | $5,625 |
| 1915 | Dominant | - | 122 | 1:16 | L. S. Thompson | - | T. McTaggart | $5,125 |
| 1914 | Regret | - | 119 | 1:11 3/5 | H. P. Whitney | - | J. Notter | $5,125 |
| 1913 | Roamer | - | 119 | 1:13 | Andrew Miller | - | G. Byrne | $6,500 |
| 1910 | Novelty | - | 122 | 1:14 2/5 | S. C. Hildreth | - | C. Shilling | $12,500 |
| 1909 | Waldo | - | 122 | 1:15 4/5 | C. L. Harrison | - | D. Nicol | $4,875 |
| 1908 | Sir Martin | - | 122 | 1:18 4/5 | J. E. Madden | - | C. Shilling | $9,250 |
| 1907 | Colin | - | 122 | 1:12 | James R. Keene | - | W. Miller | $13,000 |
| 1906 | Salvidere | - | 119 | 1:12 2/5 | T. Hitchock Jr. | - | W. Sewell | $15,000 |
| 1905 | Mohawk II | - | 122 | 1:07 | John Sanford | - | A. Redfern | $16,500 |
| 1904 | Sysonby | - | 122 | 1:07 | James R. Keene | - | A. Redfern | $14,000 |
| 1903 | Aristocracy | - | 122 | 1:11 4/5 | J. E. Madden | - | F. O'Neill | $21,500 |
| 1902 | Irish Lad | - | 122 | 1:08 1/5 | Whitney & Duryea | - | N. Turner | $18,000 |
| 1901 | Goldsmith | - | 122 | 1:08 4/5 | W. C. Whitney | - | N. Turner | $14,500 |
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